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Bes-image of the god Hor-Asha-Khet
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Bronze; gold electrum auriferous-silver copper and copper-alloy inlays, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
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Title: Bes-image of the god Hor-Asha-Khet
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Bronze; gold electrum auriferous-silver copper and copper-alloy inlays, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period.
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